United Nations Security Council Resolution 33 – Procedure

33 (1947). Resolution of 27 August 1947

The Security Council Resolves:

1. That the sub-committee of the Committee of Experts be instructed to negotiate with the General Assembly’s committee on procedure for its acceptance of rule 58 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council as tentatively revised by the Commit-tee of Experts,31 and for its undertaking to effect necessary accompanying changes in rules 113 and 117 (originally rule 116

. That, as regards proposals made by the General Assembly committee concerning rule 60 of the provi-

sional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the following recommendations of the Committee of Experts 31 be accepted : (mīūa) That the change of the word “decide” to the word “consider” in the first paragraph not be accep-ted;

(b) That the addition of two paragraphs as the second and third paragraphs be accepted ;

(c) That the change of the word “recommendations” from the plural to the singular be accepted ;

3. That the sub-committee of the Committee of Experts be instructed to advise the General Assembly committee that the proposed change in rule 114 and the addition of a new rule 116 in the provisional rules of procedure of the General Assembly are accepted.

Adopted at the 197th meeting by 10 votes to none, with 1 abstention (Austra-lia).